Does it surprise you that many teachers don’t even bother to read their students’ homework assignments? We didn’t think so. But that still didn’t prepare us to read about the family dispute that the teachers in the story below caused simply because they didn’t pay enough attention to a student’s assignments. This student lost his …
Seguir leyendo Son writes a poem about his late mom for school, then discovers his teacher sent it to his stepmom thinking it’s about her, stepmom demands he apologize: ‘She got her hopes up’
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Middle schooler gets upset with friends stealing her stuff, stepmom uses hand sanitizer prank to teach them a lesson: ‘I demanded she hand over the empty bottle’
Some problems can only be solved by giving the problem causer a taste of their own medicine. Navigating situations where somebody will not stop taking advantage of you can be tricky, especially when you are still growing up and learning, and it is happening in an environment that is difficult to avoid, like school. Because …
Seguir leyendo Middle schooler gets upset with friends stealing her stuff, stepmom uses hand sanitizer prank to teach them a lesson: ‘I demanded she hand over the empty bottle’
Mom demands ex-husband takes 4-year-old son with different partner on vacation with long-distance girlfriend and kids, gets upset when they don’t want to take him: ‘The kids don’t want to babysit on all our trips’
Boundaries are important in blended families. When people break up, pursue new relationships, and have children with different partners, there is a lot of potential for the family dynamics to become extra complicated. It can be difficult enough to keep the peace in a typical two-parent family with 2.3 kids, so when things get more …
Seguir leyendo Mom demands ex-husband takes 4-year-old son with different partner on vacation with long-distance girlfriend and kids, gets upset when they don’t want to take him: ‘The kids don’t want to babysit on all our trips’
Future stepmom demands dad put a stop to his daughter’s picky eating habits by following her parenting rules, considers leaving him when he refuses: ‘This is how I become the evil stepmother’
I was a major picky eater when I was a kid, and it would drive my parents crazy. It wasn’t even that I only liked junk food or candy; I actually hated pizzas and hamburgers. I simply refused to try anything new or try food that rubbed me the wrong way. Eventually, I grew out …
Seguir leyendo Future stepmom demands dad put a stop to his daughter’s picky eating habits by following her parenting rules, considers leaving him when he refuses: ‘This is how I become the evil stepmother’
Stepmother pesters 15-year-old stepson to ‘go out more,’ father wants her to mind her business regarding his son’s life: ‘But she won’t drop the topic, because she thinks it’s not «healthy» for him’
It’s always nice to have multiple sources of input in a child’s life. As parents, you’re surely the biggest influence, but you shouldn’t be the only. That’s how you end up with sheltered children. So you should invite all kinds of presences in the lives of your children– teachers, friends, other members of your family. …
Seguir leyendo Stepmother pesters 15-year-old stepson to ‘go out more,’ father wants her to mind her business regarding his son’s life: ‘But she won’t drop the topic, because she thinks it’s not «healthy» for him’
Mom pressures 16-year-old son to see his 16-year-old stepsister as his sibling because she’s paranoid they’ll start dating if they don’t feel like siblings: ‘They treat us like siblings and want us to feel like siblings, but we don’t.’
They should feel grateful for their amicable relationship and leave it at that. You can’t force a sibling relationship between two stepchildren, and you can’t force a stepmom or a stepdad to be accepted into a parental role by the child they’re step-parenting. While it can be difficult for a parent when their child seemingly …
Seguir leyendo Mom pressures 16-year-old son to see his 16-year-old stepsister as his sibling because she’s paranoid they’ll start dating if they don’t feel like siblings: ‘They treat us like siblings and want us to feel like siblings, but we don’t.’
Stepmother insists on homeschooling her 12-year-old stepdaughter because of her medical issues, going against her and her mom’s wishes: ‘We already homeschool our 6-year-old.’
This should be a temporary fix when her stepdaughter is too sick to attend school. People homeschool their kids for all different reasons, and one of them is because their child is too sick to attend school on a regular basis. If a kid is out of school for «too many days» because they’re too …
Seguir leyendo Stepmother insists on homeschooling her 12-year-old stepdaughter because of her medical issues, going against her and her mom’s wishes: ‘We already homeschool our 6-year-old.’
17-year-old stepdaughter accuses stepmother of pretending to be poor because she refused to buy her a $1200 purse: ‘I know you and Dad make bank’
Stepmom expects 26-year-old son to fund her bills with his inheritance, loses it when he says no: ‘my dad made it clear that money was for me’
Losing a parent is already one of the hardest things a person can go through, but dealing with the financial aftermath can bring out a whole new level of family drama. In this story, a 26-year-old man inherited money from his late father, who made it very clear in his will that the funds were …
Seguir leyendo Stepmom expects 26-year-old son to fund her bills with his inheritance, loses it when he says no: ‘my dad made it clear that money was for me’
Stepmom demands 15-year-old quit one of his 4 extracurricular activities because they leave no time for her 2 kids: ‘I told her that she is not paying for my classes, so it’s none of her business.’
She’s not even driving him to his activities: she doesn’t get a vote. If you’re a stepparent who enters into a pre-existing family dynamic with a bunch of demands that they change things to suit your liking, you can’t act surprised when your stepchild dislikes you. When it comes to matters of the stepchild, it’s …
Seguir leyendo Stepmom demands 15-year-old quit one of his 4 extracurricular activities because they leave no time for her 2 kids: ‘I told her that she is not paying for my classes, so it’s none of her business.’